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Get help to make a Time to Pay arrangement if you are an individual or business who owes a debt to HMRC.
Detailed information about the Insolvency Service’s investigation and enforcement work, how we achieve our outcomes and how to complain about misconduct.
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
If you're owed money in a bankruptcy or company liquidation case, use a Proof of Debt form to register as a creditor and make a claim for the money you're owed
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
Making someone bankrupt is one way to recover money owed to you – bankruptcy petition fees and download a guide to creditor bankruptcy petitions
MOD supplier payment performance, invoice processing and MOD contract payments.
Guidance for insolvency practitioners to help their clients restructure their company’s finances using a debt restructuring scheme or plan.
Southern Region, Judge C A Rai (Chairman) and Mr M C Woodrow MRICS Chartered Surveyor on 2 February 2024
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure
Find out how to get a refund for late payment interest and £25 minimum charge.
Check if you can claim for bad debt relief if a customer is insolvent and can no longer pay what they owe for taxable aggregate.
Alternatives to bankruptcy and the different types of agreements you can make with your creditors.
Southern Region, Judge Tildesley OBE and Mr W H Gater FRICS on 28 February 2022
The legal process of repossession, including what your mortgage lender must do, repossession hearings, possession orders and help with legal costs
How to notify DWP to stop or restart deductions from benefits for fuel, water or rent arrears when a debtor starts or ends a ‘Breathing Space’.
Guidance for creditors of a debt that has been placed in a ‘breathing space’.
Southern Region, Judge A Cresswell and Mr W H Gater FRICS MCIArb on 13 September 2019
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